Early autumn.
The blue sky is as clear as if it had been washed by water. Occasionally, a few white clouds flutter like gauze, floating and dancing slowly. Their shapes are ever-changing and beautiful, seemingly unreal.
Lin Lanzhi stood alone on the edge of the rooftop of the experimental building, looking up slightly into the distance, the sunlight coating her black and curled eyelashes with a layer of golden light. She squinted her eyes, staring at the blue and high sky above her head, slightly absent-minded, letting the comfortable breeze brush across her cheeks, and she felt that every cell in her body relaxed.
She likes this kind of weather, and likes this season when there are far more sunny days than rainy days.
Bathing in such warm sunshine and enjoying the autumn breeze that has taken away the hot summer heat , the haze in my heart seems to dissipate.
She had earphones in her ears and the volume was turned up to the maximum, but her world was still peaceful, without a single ripple.
After staring at the sky for a long time, she suddenly felt her eyes hurt by the sunlight, so she subconsciously lowered her eyelids, and her sight fell on the tree-lined avenue with sycamore trees downstairs.
The broad, beautiful heart-shaped leaves of the paulownia tree have begun to turn yellow. When a breeze blows, the yellow leaves fall silently.
The students walked in groups of three or four on the boulevard, and the fallen leaves fell silently on their bodies or on the ground.
They exude a youthful and energetic aura and their faces are filled with cheerful smiles, as if they will never know what sadness is.
She thought their laughter must be clear and sweet, but unfortunately she could never hear it again.
She tried to ignore the aching feeling in her heart and closed her eyes, not wanting to look anymore.
At this moment, the boulevard suddenly became crowded and noisy, and a group of people who did not belong to this school swarmed over.
There were young reporters running furiously with cameras on their shoulders, there were female field hosts holding recorders and walking briskly in high heels, there was also a fat guy wearing a sun hat backwards, holding up a camera and chasing after the suspects, not even bothering to pick up his glasses when they fell off... and the target they were tracking was a teenager in a white T-shirt.
At this moment, he was running wildly on the tree-lined avenue . His tall stature was particularly eye-catching in the crowd, and coupled with his fashionable flaxen hair, it was hard to ignore him. Although the oversized sunglasses covered most of his face, many people still recognized him at a glance - Mu Chuwei, a super idol star who was very popular in the entertainment industry recently.
"It's him! It's really him!"
"They said Mu Chuwei is a student of our school. It turns out this is true! Ahhh, I'm so happy!"
"Why did he only show up after almost a month of school starting?"
"You are so stupid. Didn't you see how many reporters were at the school gate on the first day of school? It's a pity that after a month, there are still reporters waiting in our school. Sigh, poor Weiwei..."
"Ah! So, I can go to and from school with him from now on... I can die without regrets!"
"That's all you have! Forget about that, he seems to be coming our way, let's stop him and ask for his autograph!"
The crowd suddenly went out of control. The students pushed and screamed at each other, more excited than if they had seen a UFO.
Even in such a desperate situation, Mu Chuwei still looked like a star , and he was still so handsome and charming in his every move. He quickly jumped over the flowers, avoiding the girls who opened their arms to hug him. His ability to respond was so strong that it was obvious that he was used to such situations and had become very skilled at it.
The corners of his lips were always curled up in an arc that seemed like a smile, which gave him a kind of devilish charm and made his fans even more obsessed with him, causing bursts of screams.
He was like a phantom . He was clearly right in front of us, but soon he flashed several meters away and gradually escaped from the crowd.
The reporters looked at the chaotic scene before them, not knowing whether to advance or retreat, and were extremely anxious.
Mu Chuwei ran to the corner of the teaching building, knowing very well that although he had temporarily shaken off those crazy reporters and girls, they would definitely catch up with him soon.
He leaned against the wall and pondered for a while, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure from the corner of his eye. It was a burly boy. Mu Chuwei stroked his chin, looked him up and down, and a cunning light flashed in his eyes.
He walked towards the boy, took out all the cash he had and handed it to the boy, and said very quickly: "Can I borrow your hat and clothes?"
After saying that, without waiting for the boy's consent, he stretched out his hands to take off his shirt, put it on himself neatly, then casually picked up his hat and put it on his head, covering his stylish and handsome hair.
"what you do?"
The shirtless boy opened his eyes wide and looked at him in surprise.
Mu Chuwei curled the corners of his mouth evilly, then suddenly stretched out his hand and pushed him hard.
The boy was completely unprepared and took several steps back naked, just turning the corner and coming into everyone's sight.
“Ahhh—”
A scream that resounded through the sky broke out from the crowd.
While everyone's attention was on the boy, Mu Chuwei lowered the brim of his hat to cover his face and quietly slipped away along the wall.
By the time everyone realized what was happening, he had already sneaked into the building.
Although he had changed his clothes and put on a hat, he would be surrounded if he walked around the campus like this, so he turned around and walked into the nearest building and ran up to the second floor.
It seemed that the doors of several classrooms on the second floor were open. The sunlight from outside shone in, casting a few shadows on the corridor, and one could vaguely hear people talking in low voices.
The words "Ninth Laboratory" were written on the doorplate of the nearest classroom. He secretly guessed that this should be the school's dedicated laboratory building. Apart from the laboratory classes, there should be few people coming here.
Because of this understanding, he continued to run up without hesitation, and finally stopped in front of the door leading to the rooftop. He also listened carefully to the movement on the rooftop -
Apart from the noise coming from the reporters and fans far away downstairs, the rooftop was very quiet, as if there was no one there.
He then breathed a sigh of relief, opened the door, took out his cell phone and quickly wrote a text message to his agent Ye Ziran.
The rooftop was his temporary hiding place. As for what would happen next, he didn't have to worry about it. The all-powerful agent Ye Zilang would definitely solve all the problems for him. All he needed to do now was to bask in the sunshine on the rooftop and enjoy the rare quietness.
After making up his mind, he walked to the edge of the rooftop, secretly poked his head out, looked at the group of bewildered reporters and fans downstairs, slightly raised the corners of his lips, with a somewhat smug look on his face.
"It's not that easy to stop me!"
But he was only proud for a few seconds. When his eyes accidentally swept to another corner of the rooftop, he was surprised, because there stood a girl with a slender back.
After coming to his senses, he saw that she had her back to him and didn't seem to notice anyone coming behind her, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
However, sometimes people have a very strange mentality. On the one hand, they worry about being discovered, and on the other hand, they feel uncomfortable being ignored.
He couldn't help but look at the girl carefully.
She has long, smooth black hair, as smooth as fine silk, making people want to touch it. She is already slender and petite, but she is wearing a slightly oversized white chiffon skirt, which makes her look like she is dancing lightly.
Mu Chuwei stared at her in a daze. A gust of wind blew by, and he felt as if she might turn into a butterfly and fly away at any time.
He slowly took off his sunglasses. Although he was used to seeing beauties in the entertainment industry, it was the first time for him to feel an inexplicable curiosity about a girl's back. It was as if this back had been deeply engraved in his heart, making him want to walk up to see her face clearly.
He coughed lightly on purpose, raised his perfectly shaped chin slightly, squinted his eyes and stared at the back in front of him, and said in a normal tone as much as possible: "Excuse me, classmate."
A breeze blew gently, and the girl's chiffon skirt and black hair fluttered in the wind, but her body remained motionless. She did not turn around as he expected, nor did she respond to him.
Mu Chuwei was a little depressed.
Was he being ignored? She ignored him.
This was the first time in his life that he had encountered such embarrassing treatment.
Just as he was hesitating whether he should leave tactfully or stay unwillingly, a breeze blew towards him, blowing the hair on both sides of her cheeks. He was surprised to find that she had earphones in both ears.
Is she listening to music?
Suddenly, an inexplicable joy surged in Mu Chuwei's heart.
It turned out that she just didn't hear him, not that she was deliberately ignoring him.
So, he suppressed his curiosity, walked towards her, stopped less than half a meter behind her, and subconsciously raised his voice and asked, "Hello, classmate."
At this moment, the girl who had been looking intently at the sky in the distance with her head down finally turned around slowly.
The curve of Mu Chuwei's mouth deepened unconsciously.
In fact, Lin Lanzhi didn't hear his voice at all. She just thought that the class time was about to end, and thought that she should go back to class. But when she turned around, a figure suddenly appeared in front of her.
She was startled, her eyes widened in shock, and she subconsciously took a step back, but she forgot that there was a guardrail behind her and there was no way to retreat, so her body involuntarily leaned back.
She screamed and fell out of control toward the rooftop.
"careful!"
Mu Chuwei reached out his hand quickly and instinctively, grabbed her and pulled her falling body. The force of her violent fall caused his body to tilt toward the outside of the rooftop.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly and supported the inner edge of the roof with his left hand, slowing down the inertia of the two people falling.
But her entire weight was on his right hand at the moment, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Hold on tight!"
Lin Lanzhi looked down and her mind went blank . The strong desire to survive made her struggle frantically.
"Help……"
"Damn it, don't move!"
Mu Chuwei cursed inwardly. It was already very strenuous for him to hold a person hanging in the air with one hand. On top of that, she refused to cooperate and kept moving around. He could clearly feel that his body was being dragged down inch by inch by her.
He tried to hold on to his body and said sternly: "If you want me to save you, be good!"
Lin Lanzhi was in a state of panic. Suddenly, she felt that her wrist was about to be pinched off. The intense pain made her regain some rationality and calmness. She subconsciously raised her head and saw a delicate and handsome face.
She couldn't help but hold her breath.
How can there be such a handsome boy in the world?
That beautiful face seemed to be drawn by an artist, every part of it was so perfect that no flaws could be found. Especially those eyes, which were like precious gems, glowing with a dreamy light, so beautiful that it was almost enchanting and evil. Just a casual glance would suck you in and make you fall in love with them forever.
The sunlight cast shadows on his handsome face, making his fair skin seem somewhat transparent. His flaxen hair, coated with a layer of golden halo, fluttered gently in the wind.
His whole person gave Lin Lanzhi a very shocking feeling of amazement, and at the same time a strong illusion of unreality.
When she stared at him blankly, Mu Chuwei was also absent-minded for a moment——
So this is what she looks like.
Although her skin was fair, her facial features were definitely not stunning, but they gave him just the right feeling and were very pleasing to the eye.
It was as if a stone was suddenly thrown into the lake of his heart, causing ripples.
At this moment, the brief encounter of eyes was bound to leave a deep imprint in his mind.
Although he felt an inexplicable throbbing in his heart, Mu Chuwei quickly adjusted his mentality. He held her wrist tightly, with a hint of amusement in his solemn expression.
"Although my appearance is indeed very charming, your life is more important, right? Hold on to my hand, I will slowly pull you up, you have to cooperate with me!"
"What?"
Lin Lanzhi showed a confused look on her face. She was distracted just now and didn't pay attention to what he was saying, so she looked at him, hoping that he could repeat what he had just said.
Seeing her confused look, Mu Chuwei couldn't help but frowned and said in annoyance: "Can you please be serious? This is a matter of life and death, not a game!"
Seeing his lips opening and closing, Lin Lanzhi finally understood what he said, so she whispered, "I know..."
"You know why don't you come up?" Mu Chuwei felt a headache and gritted his teeth and said, "If you don't come up, I won't be able to pull you up!"
If he fell down with her, there would be a striking headline on the headlines of all the major newspapers tomorrow:
Popular idol Mu Chuwei and a mysterious girl committed suicide by jumping off a building!
Thinking of this, goose bumps immediately appeared all over his body, and he hurriedly pulled her up. This time, Lin Lanzhi also began to cooperate with him, holding his arms tightly with both hands, and stepped on the wall in front of her with her feet hanging in the air, and began to climb up with the help of the force.
With a sudden tacit understanding between the two, Lin Lanzhi climbed up to the rooftop, and the whole process almost exhausted all their strength. The moment they climbed up, they both collapsed to the ground, panting .
Fine beads of sweat covered Mu Chuwei's forehead, reflecting dazzling light in the sun. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and a cunning flashed in his deep eyes. He panted and said as a matter of course: "I saved you this time, you must remember to repay me in the future. Therefore, as your savior, I need to know your name, in case you forget it one day, I can remind you."
He was very confident in his acting skills, and he spoke these words very naturally without a single flaw, but he received no response.
He couldn't help but turn his head to look at the girl lying next to him. She obviously hadn't recovered from the shock just now and was breathing slightly.
Thick and curled eyelashes like a butterfly about to spread its wings and fly, a cute and small nose, and light-colored lips...
She was definitely a girl without any embellishment, showing her most natural side in front of him, but he, who was used to seeing beautiful women, was stunned for a moment.
Her long black hair draped on both sides of her shoulders, against the fair skin of her neck, like a quiet ink painting, fresh and lively, gentle and peaceful, as if there was a faint fragrance emanating from her body.
Mu Chuwei was slightly startled, and his heart began to beat wildly for no reason. It was the first time in his life that he lost control like this in front of a girl .
However, he was repeatedly ignored by her. Mu Chuwei was a little unhappy, so he reached out and pushed her: "Hey, can you hear me?"
Lin Lanzhi then turned around and looked at him, with a puzzled expression still on her pretty face. She blinked and looked at him in confusion.
Mu Chuwei pulled off her headphones, then stood up, looked down at her, and said, "Can you stop wearing headphones? You can't hear others when they talk to you, and they think you are deaf."
The speaker didn't mean it, but Lin Lanzhi suddenly felt sad. She bit her lip, turned her face away from him, and tried hard to force back the tears that were quietly welling up.
——Yes, she can’t hear.
Even though she was wearing headphones and the volume was turned up to the maximum, she couldn't hear a thing. She couldn't hear anything since the accident.
This is also the reason why she insisted on not getting close to her classmates. She was afraid that others would show her curious and sympathetic eyes after knowing that she could not hear.
She has been trying hard to pretend to be the same as the people around her, trying hard not to let this secret be discovered.
No one knew how hard it was for her to keep this secret, and no one knew how much pain she felt every time she was misunderstood as being a loner and a misfit.
Just like his unintentional words at this moment, she felt so inferior and uncomfortable that she wanted to find a hole to crawl into immediately.
Seeing that she didn't want to pay any attention to him, Mu Chuwei was a little annoyed. He stretched out a hand to pinch her chin, forcing her to look at him. He narrowed his eyes dangerously and said, "Is this how you treat your savior?"
Lin Lanzhi suppressed the sadness in her heart and asked expressionlessly, "So what do you want?"
"I saved you, what do you say I should do?"
Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she said in a voice as thin as a mosquito: "Thank you."
Although he saved her, she also remembered that she was so scared by his sudden appearance that she accidentally fell down.
Hearing her thank you, Mu Chuwei loosened his hand that was pinching her chin, curled the corners of his lips imperceptibly, and said, "Is just thank you enough?"
Lin Lanzhi was speechless and looked at him in confusion.
Mu Chuwei showed a charming smile on his face, and he said bluntly: "Remember to repay me when you have the chance in the future."
Lin Lanzhi looked at him steadily. Perhaps it was the first time she had seen someone repaying a favor. Finally, she nodded obediently and said, "I'll remember that."
At this moment, she suddenly remembered that it was time for class and she was going to be late.
She got up from the ground in a panic, put on her clothes, and whispered, "It's time for class. I'm going back to the classroom. Bye!"
As soon as she finished speaking, without waiting for Mu Chuwei to answer, she turned around and ran away quickly.
"Hey, you are so insincere. If you want to repay me, you have to tell me your name!" Mu Chuwei shouted hurriedly.
Lin Lanzhi naturally couldn't hear these words, she just quickened her pace and left.